Vanden High to host robotics competition

FAIRFIELD — Vanden High School will host the Northern California VEX Robotics Competition all day Saturday.

A total of 36 teams of middle- and high-school students from Northern California and Hawaii will come together for an all-day competition using robots created from the VEX Robotics Design System. Participants will take part in a series of tournaments supported by the REC Foundation and various national, regional and local sponsors.

Several teams from Solano County schools are competing, including Vanden High School,Vacaville High School, Fairfield High School, Vallejo High School, Golden West Middle School, Grange Middle School, Willis Jepson Middle School and B. Gale Wilson Middle School.

The competition begins at 8:45 a.m. at 951 Markeley Lane in Fairfield. Awards will be presented from 4 to 5 p.m.

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Heather Ah San

Heather Ah San covers Rio Vista, features and general news for the Daily Republic. She received her bachelors of art degree from the University of Oregon.